Citi Open: Ruusuvuori through to second round
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-4 on Monday evening. He’ll face No 10 seed Yoshihito Nishioka in the next round
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Finn Emil Ruusuvuori won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Monday evening.
It was a straight forward match for Ruusuvuori, with the Finn breaking serve early in both sets and holding on to his advantage for a straight sets victory in the hot Washington conditions. The world No 55 will face No 10 seed Yoshihito Nishioka next, who had a bye in his first round.
Washington ATP500, other first-round results (Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
- Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Kevin Anderson vs. Jordan Thompson
- Lloyd Harris vs. Kei Nishikori
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Zachary Svajda vs. Max Purcell
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Corentin Moutet vs. Liam Broady
- Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Kiranpal Pannu
- Bradley Klahn vs. Michael Mmoh
- Maxime Cressy vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Yibing Wu
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-3
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